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Randall Secures Overall World Cup Podium as U.S. Puts Four in Top-30
Audrey ManganMarch 24, 2013
Kikkan Randall (USA) reached another history-making career goal on Sunday in Falun, Sweden. She finished World Cup Finals in seventh to complete the season in third in the overall World Cup rankings.
Kikkan Randall set out in Falun, Sweden, on Sunday with a very concrete task in front of her. She had already crossed one major goal off her list in claiming the World Cup sprint title in Stockholm, but in order to hang on to her third-place position in the overall standings she needed to finish 15th or higher in the last stage of World Cup Finals. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) threatened to score 200 points in the process of winning the mini tour, but 32 points from Randall would be enough for the American to remain on the third rung of the podium for the season finale.
With the best distance form she's demonstrated in a long while, Randall made sure it wasn't even close. Starting from the 15th position in the mini tour she climbed up eight places over the course of the freestyle pursuit to finish seventh, post the second-fastest time of the day behind Therese Johaug (NOR), and make history yet again for the U.S. in finishing in the top-three in the overall World Cup, a first for the country.
Her teammates followed suit with strong results, too. Stephen skied the sixth-fastest time to finish 16th in the tour while Jessie Diggins and Holly Brooks skied together to climb to 26th and 27th, respectively, in the pursuit with the 12th- and 15th-fastest splits. Ida Sargent finished 37th in her first World Cup Finals appearance and Rosie Brennan maintained her starting position to end up 43rd.
"I feel great," Randall said after climbing down from the podium. "It's been a long season and a lot has happened, and I really wanted to cap it off with a strong performance today and hang onto that third spot. And I did, so I'm just super happy and looking forward to celebrating with my team and coming back and celebrating in the U.S."
U.S. Ski Team women's coach called Randall's achievement "one of the biggest accomplishments of her life."
She made it look easy, though there was no guarantee on Sunday morning that she would be able to pull it off. Randall's distance skiing has been slightly off since before World Championships, but on the last day of the season it became apparent that she was back to feeling normal.
In the pursuit-style format she started 2:52 down from the mini-tour leader and within 25 seconds of the next five women in front of her. Randall's game plan included an aggressive start in order to catch the group in front of her and as she sought to keep Bjoergen at a safe distance in the points.
"I knew that I needed to be in the top 15 today to fight for my third place in the overall, and I knew there was a chance to get up to the top 10 if I was aggressive in the start and made it to the next group," Randall said. "I made it my strategy to go out and try to catch that group right away, and I was actually surprised at how quickly I got into that group."
After she caught the athletes in front of her she skied safely in twelfth in the group until the final climb up an abbreviated Mördarbakken, where she made a move to the front and left her nearest competitors behind her.
"The last big hill I decided to make a move and I wasn't sure, with the shortened Mördarbakken, if there'd be enough space," Randall said. "But I was able to break up the pack a little bit and then coming into the stadium I saw [Anne] Kylloenen, and so I was able to pick up one more place before the finish. I felt strong and good out there and, yeah: it went just as planned."
With her distance fitness coming back to her in the last World Cup of the year, Randall almost wished there were more races left in the season.
"This is certainly a very different feeling from what I had at world championships in that 10 k skate, and I think my distance form is coming back up again," she said. "I mean, in some ways it's probably a shame the season's done — although we do have five more races at SuperTour Finals and 30 k Nationals. So I'm hoping a nice week away from racing will be a nice rest and then come in strong for those races."
Stephen, whose time-of-day split was only 14 seconds behind Randall's, capped off her season on a high note as well. The pack that Randall skied in was "a little bit too far away to catch," but she finished feeling good about the result and being done with the World Cup season.
"It's definitely a good way to end the season," Stephen said. "I skied for sure the best I could today and it was fun to try and go catch some people."
Stephen caught the three people in front of her within the first 1.4 k and skied in 17th behind Sweden's Anna Haag for much of race before passing her in the final kilometers.
"I didn't feel quite as sparky as I did a few weeks ago in Val di Fiemme or Holmenkollen last week, certainly the fatigue is starting to build, but I don't feel bad," Stephen said. "I've had seasons where at this point I'm so done, and I don't feel that way."
Behind Stephen, Diggins and Brooks combined forces and helped put four Americans total in the top 30. The duo worked together with Italy's Deborah Agreiter for the middle sections of the race, taking turns pulling each other along, and in the end finished back-to-back in 27th and 28th, about 4:30 back from the leaders.
Diggins started the pursuit in 38th and skied the 12th-fastest split in order to climb into the top 30 and finish her World Cup season on a high note.
"[Today] was one of the most fun races," Diggins said. "I got to ski with Holly for most of it, I spent the first lap catching up with her and [Agreiter], and the then the three of us worked together…and we just started reeling people in."
After a "disappointing" classic race on Saturday, Diggins was happy to know she could still post one of the fastest distance times in the field.
"It's a good confidence boost to end the season, for sure," she said.
Brooks felt the same, and half wished the race could have kept going past 10 k.
"I think if we had one more lap we could have gotten another couple people, so I had a great time out there," she said. "It was really nice end on a high note after struggling a little bit yesterday."
Sargent and Brennan, who finished 38th and 43rd, respectively, in the mini tour, wished a few things had gone differently on Sunday, but in the minutes following the podium ceremony they were both pleased to be finished with the season.
"I made it," Sargent said. "It was a distance skate race which is always pretty tough for me. I'm pretty tired, so I'm just happy to be done and to be here and celebrating with the team for the great season that we've all had."
Brennan had hoped to stay with the women she started with, but even though they got away from her she was able to maintain her 43rd position in the final standings.
"It wasn't so bad," she reasoned. "I guess I was a little bummed to come over here and not be feeling my best and having struggles with my back, so that was a little disappointing, but at the same time any way I can get the experience is worth it, particularly at the end of the year."
As a group, the U.S. women finished fifth in the Nation's Cup to help the team end up sixth in the overall competition behind Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland and Germany. Athletes and coaches had their eyes on those standings all season, and after watching the top teams be recognized on Sunday Whitcomb wasn't shy in saying he wants to bring his athletes to that podium in the future.
"We just got out of the awards ceremony and it was really cool," he said. "They called Kikkan up there and the Nation's Cup and our team sat around and watched all that… It's an important thing I think for the team to see, myself included, because it's something we all aspire to moving forward together so that we can maybe one day win one of those team awards."
The U.S. women have hit many high notes this season, reaching nearly every goal they set for themselves and putting every team member in the top-10 on the World Cup at some point in the season. All six athletes will participate in a Swedish Fast & Female event on Monday before heading back home.
Asked what part of the season was most memorable for her, Randall was hard-pressed to choose just one highlight.
"It's a hard question," she said. "A little girl gave me a picture to autograph today as I was walking out, and it was of me holding the flag in Quebec. And [I'm] thinking about the world champs win, and to finish off here — there's just been so many good memories this season. It was really cool just to see the whole team take another step up. Last September I was first dealing with the injury and I wasn't sure what was going to be possible. This turned out even better than I could have imagined."
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Audrey Mangan (@audreymangan) is an Associate Editor at FasterSkier and lives in Colorado. She learned to love skiing at home in Western New York.
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Sports Can Help Kids Defuse Anger
Medically reviewed by Scientific Advisory Board — Written by Julie Axelrod on July 7, 2011
A new study from Tel Aviv University suggests sports participation can improve a child's cognitive, emotional and behavioral well-being every bit as much as his or her physical fitness.
Keren Shahar, a Ph.D. student at Tel Aviv University, said that over the course of her study, which included 649 children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, a continuous program of various sports helped improve self-control and discipline and lowered feelings of aggression in the children overall.
"We set out to determine whether sports training would have a positive impact on these children by lowering aggression, and how this result can be achieved," said Shahar.
Using sports to control aggression is more effective than verbal therapy, she said, because while verbal therapy encourages children to control their behavior, research indicates that it does not reduce negative emotions. The introduction of sport, however, can reduce aggressive behavior by quelling negative emotions.
In 25 schools across Israel, Shahar and her fellow researchers analyzed a 24-week-long after-school program based on sports.
Half the participants made up a control group that did not receive sports instruction, and the other half were systematically introduced to a variety of sports for five hours a week. Three times a week, students ranging from grades 3-6 played group sports such as basketball or soccer. Twice a week, they participated in martial arts, including judo and karate.
After 24 weeks of programming, Shahar compared questionnaires and evaluations executed at the beginning of the program with the same tests administered at the end.
Her results demonstrated an improvement in traits relating to participants' self-control, such as self-observation, problem-solving skills, and delayed gratification — which ultimately led to a decrease in the incidence of aggression. Only those children who exhibited higher levels of self-control also demonstrated the decline in aggression.
An interesting finding in the study was that boys benefited from sports participation much more so than girls.
Statistically, there was little change in the female population. Shahar reasons that girls do not often suffer from the same aggression problems as boys, and are less likely to exhibit a passion for sport.
But the research still applies, Shahar said. The key is to introduce children to something they love to do.
"Find something that motivates them," she said. A strong connection with any activity gives children a sense of purpose and decreases the likelihood that they will "act out" their behavioral problems.
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Maria Dadarlat was a postdoctoral researcher in the physiology department at the University of California, San Francisco and is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in biomedical engineering from Purdue University and in 2014 completed her Ph.D. in the UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering.
She is interested in the basic, systems-level mechanisms of neural coding and plasticity and the application of these principles to neural prosthetics. Her thesis work concerned the latter topic, studying how to use electrical stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex to deliver artificial sensation. As a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Michael Stryker at UCSF, she studied how neural encoding of vision is modulated by behavioral states.
"Dynamic encoding of visual stimuli in mouse cortex"
When we move through the world, we change the patterns of incoming sensory information. For example, a runner takes in more visual information per second than a walker does. Interestingly, this change in behavior also changes the way neurons in visual areas of the brain respond to to visual stimuli. It seems that when an animal is running, visual neurons enter a high-gain state, meaning they become more sensitive to incoming visual information. Yet, while we have some idea of how visual neurons enter the high-gain state, we have little idea as to why they do so. Furthermore, the existence of a high-gain state raises an interesting question: if neurons can respond differently to the same visual input, then how does the brain correctly identify objects across different behavioral states? To investigate these questions, we plan to record from neurons in visual areas of a mouse's brain while that mouse is either running or standing still on a spherical treadmill. By recording from those neurons, we will be able to reconstruct how well objects are represented in each of the two behavioral states. We expect the rate of information encoding to be faster when the animal is running, because the rate of incoming visual information will be faster as well. To understand how the representation of objects remains constant across different states, we will also record from the neurons to which visual neurons send connections. By doing this, we can observe how these so-called downstream neurons represent visual objects when the neurons sending them information are in either a high-gain (running) or a low-gain (still) state. Our results will shed light on the fundamental question of how an animals movements affect the processing of neural information.


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William Peyton "Pat" Coates (1883, Kinsale – 8 August 1963) was an Irish labour activist and communist who was active in the sphere of Anglo-Soviet relations.

In 1901 he took a clerical position on the railways in 1901, and by 1903 was a member of the Railway Clerks Association and subsequently its successor, the Transport Salaries Staffs Association. He joined the Social Democratic Federation, later joining the British Socialist Party (BSP).

In 1913 he married Zelda Kahan.

He became the BSP's National Organiser in March 1919 and was involved in founding the Communist Party of Great Britain.

In September 1919 when the National Hands Off Russia Committee was formed at a conference in Manchester, Coates became its secretary. He filled this post until the Ramsay MacDonald government established diplomatic relations with the U.S.S.R. The committee was then transformed into the Anglo-Russian Parliamentary Committee. Coates retained the position of secretary of this organisation until his death.

In 1923 he visited Russia.

Works
 (1923) Present Position of Anglo-Russian Relations London: National "Hands off Russia" Committee
 (1923) Export credit schemes and Anglo-Russian trade London: National "Hands off Russia" Committee
 (1924) Why Russia should be recognised London: National "Hands off Russia" Committee
 (1924) Russia's counter-claims London: National "Hands off Russia" Committee
 (1928) Why Anglo-Russian Diplomatic Relations Should be Restored London: Anglo-Soviet Parliamentary Committee
 (1931) Is Soviet Trade a Menace? London: Anglo-Soviet Parliamentary Committee (with Zelda Kahan)
 (1935) Armed Intervention in Russia 1918-1922 London: V. Gollancz
 (1938) From Tsardom to the Stalin Constitution London:G. Allen and Unwin
 (1939) World Affairs and the U.S.S.R.
 (1940) Russia, Finland and the Baltic London : Lawrence and Wishart
 (1940) The Soviet-Finnish Campaign: Military & Political, 1939-1940
 (1943) A History of Anglo-Soviet Relations Vol. I. (1943)
 (1948) Six Centuries of Russo-Polish Relations London: Lawrence and Wishart
 (1951) Soviets in Central Asia
 (1958) A History of Anglo-Soviet Relations Vol. II.

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1963 deaths
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Above: Da Vinci Requiem at the RFH
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It has never been just the quality of da Vinci's output that puts this Renaissance polymath on such a unique pedestal – it's the breadth of it as well. Vasari had suggested da Vinci was a talented musician – indeed, Emanuel Winternitz published an entire book in 1982 devoted to this subject alone – but it is probably the crossover into science and invention which most fascinated him in relation to music as a subject rather than composition itself.
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McDowall's previous choral works – the Stabat Mater, for example - have singled her out as a composer with a gift for combining lyricism and romanticism in her music – it can sound expressive, and often is, though the scale of the invention always looks backwards rather than forwards. You sometimes feel when listening to McDowall's music that the voice is not an overly distinctive one – and that often felt the case in this new work. Her scoring for the orchestra doesn't always favour their sound against the chorus – though, I think, this is largely because she tends to evoke a darker, more resonant palate from the lower strings; I rather thought six double-basses was a tad less than ideal, particularly when the double woodwind and brass could often appear so strident. But there were some beautifully constructed moments – the opening of the 'Introit and Kyrie' with a penetrating harp gliding through the orchestra was inspired, and the almost relentless beating of the timpani had the hallmarks of McDowall's profound use of rhythm in her music.
I felt a little unsure about the translations of da Vinci's codices into English (though the long 'The Virgin of the Rocks' was beautifully done in a text by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was written as such). Rossetti's poem is the only part of this work which is based on an actual da Vinci painting which the poet had written while standing in front of the work in 1848. If you often felt McDowall was in tune to the underpinned chromaticism and sonorities of the requiem elsewhere in this work, there sometimes felt in this part of it a tendency to pull that apart. Rossetti's text is dark, painful to read and haunted by death – and yet McDowall strives for music which is quite the opposite – it reaches towards a dissonance (though a restrained one), a jagged edge and the weight in the strings is notably absent. Perhaps because the painting evokes so much of a Milan ravaged by plague, and Rossetti's text is a response to the revolutions which politicised Europe in the year it was written the music has a distinctly southern Mediterranean feel to it; it almost glowers like a spiky Spanish habanera.
The choral writing – if some of that for the two soloists occasionally doesn't – is often a model of clarity, especially when the male and female choruses sing divisi. The 'Benedictus' invokes the separation of the two – one floating angelically, the other singing in plainchant. That problem with the soloists sometimes straining to be heard was pronounced in the 'Agnus Dei' where the soprano voice seemed muffled, unable to soar as she should; less of a problem, because McDowall simply orchestrates it so differently – and more lightly – was the penultimate section for baritone where the voice had clarity.
Cecilia McDowall.
Kate Royal, the soprano, and Roderick Williams, the baritone, were largely impressive. Royal's voice can sometimes sound overly small, though the lyrical beauty is often penetrating and rather intense even if the vocal strength to push through the orchestra and chorus is lacking. As a contrast to Williams's darker, richer baritone, which often towered skyward, the melding of the two voices felt beautifully stated. It's not often that the two voices sang simultaneously – and when they did McDowall was pointed in drawing out the contrast. In the opening 'Introit and Kyrie' Williams evoked the rosary-laced Latin of the opening of the requiem whilst Royal intoned the first statement of da Vinci's codex. Rossetti's 'Our Lady of the Rocks' is given over to the soprano but I wasn't really sure that Royal delved too deeply into the text – though in part, I'm not at all sure the music asks for that kind of response either. It's the one section of this work which seems puzzling to me. Royal seemed challenged by the 'Agnus Dei', her voice simply overwhelmed even if she strove for an intensity which wasn't quite within her reach; Williams in his singing of the final da Vinci codex was deeply responsive to its somnolence and finality.
Perhaps McDowall's strength has always rested in her ability to write for a chorus, and here the Wimbledon Choral Society were magnificent. Nothing seemed out of place – the women angelic, the men monastic – the intonation and timing exquisite. Neil Ferris controlled the chorus, soloists and Philharmonia impeccably – though perhaps a few lapses in orchestral balance, notably in the sometimes searing brass, seemed a little rogue in places.
The first half of this concert had begun with Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs. George Herbert's poems, on which the composer based them, are simple and the music reflects this. Despite Vaughan Williams's famed atheism – and later agnosticism – what he composed for them can sometimes sound quite the opposite, though they never really strike one as having any real intimacy with religion. But Roderick Williams, as he was to subsequently be in the Da Vinci Requiem after the interval, is never less than a revelation. He probably brought a greater sense of personal meditation, reflection and intuitive intimacy to the texts than one might normally experience in a performance of this music – and which it certainly needs. His intonation and impeccable phrasing borders on the luxurious at times – just as the richness and depth of his baritone cuts through an orchestra with impressive strength.
Such hallmarks were equally on display in Martin James Bartlett's superb performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major. What was so notable about this performance was how inside the music this young soloist was – this is a work which whips back and forth in a geometric pattern of pianistic invention. The mastery of the jazz elements, the dizzying keyboard trills, the shifts from major to minor keys were very impressively navigated. But it was fascinating during the Adagio to watch Bartlett almost disappear completely as he bent his head to almost touch the keyboard. There was no lack of freneticism in his playing, but neither was there a lack of skill in bringing off the work's lyricism and expressive elements either.
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Kate Royal (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Martin James Bartlett (piano), Neill Ferris (conductor), Wimbledon Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra.
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On January 30, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that an ISIS attack on Geweran prison, which began ten days ago, had ended with their fighters in complete control of the facility.
A day earlier, a group of around 20 terrorists led by a commander known as "Abu Ubayda" surrounded to the SDF.
While the battle inside the prison may be over, some of the terrorists who managed to escape the prison may still be hiding in nearby areas waiting for a chance to attack or flee.
The fate of some 2,000 terrorists who were detained in Geweran prison before the ISIS attack remains unclear. A report by al-Quds al-Arabi revealed that around 200 terrorists left the prison under a secret deal with the SDF.
According to a report released by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on January 30, the battle of Geweran prison claimed the lives of 268 ISIS terrorists, seven civilians and 98 personnel of the SDF and its security forces.
The ISIS attack on the prison was a blow to both the SDF and the US-led coalition who don't appear to be in control of the situation in northeastern Syria.
In an example of the confusion of US-led coalition forces, on January 28, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers confronted a unite from the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) that attempted to enter the government-held "security zone" in the center of al-Hasakah city twice. The elite unit, which was deployed near Geweran prison, was allegedly lost.
Meanwhile, the situation in central Syria, where ISIS cells have been waging an insurgency, remains tense.
On January 28, ISIS terrorists attacked several positions of the SAA and its allies near the town of Se'alow on the western bank of the Euphrates River in the southern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Four Iranian-backed fighters were wounded.
The attack may have been just a distraction to facilitate the crossing of terrorists who had recently escaped from Geweran prison to the central region.
On January 29, the terrorists attacked again, this time targeting a bus transporting a group of Iranian-backed fighters near the town of al-Sawanah in the eastern countryside of Homs. Several fighters were wounded.
In Syria's northwestern region, known as Greater Idlib, the situation remains calm, but only thanks to bad weather conditions.
On January 30, Jaysh al-Izza released five Syrian soldiers and handed over the remains of an Iranian Bridger General, who was killed in the northern countryside of Hama in 2016, under a deal with Syrian authorities.
In exchange, the authorities released three militants of Jaysh al-Izza who were captured by the SAA less than two years ago. The swap took place on the Tronba crossing in the southeastern Idlib countryside.
Meanwhile in southern Syria, only two minor attacks were reported in the governorate of Daraa, as of January 31.
On January 29, former rebel Talib Moahamad was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the town of Nahij in the western Daraa countryside.
On January 29, unidentified gunmen set the headquarters of Saida's Local Council in the eastern countryside of Daraa on fire.
Syria may experience a new round of escalation soon. The security situation in the country remains vulnerable, epically in the northeastern and central regions where ISIS influence remains strong.
Tags:isis, SDF, syria, syrian army, Syrian War
Those joos…
AS long as the reasons for ISIS is there, they will exist. They even will get new members.
Hardly none here on this site understand or even try to.


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Lacidipine; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Lacidipine is a lipophilic dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with an intrinsically slow onset of activity. Due to its long duration of action, lacidipine does not lead to reflex tachycardia. It displays specificity in the vascular smooth muscle, where it acts as an antihypertensive agent to dilate peripheral arterioles and reduce blood pressure. Compared to other dihydropyridine calcium antagonists, lacidipine exhibits a greater antioxidant activity which may confer potentially beneficial antiatherosclerotic effects.
Mechanism of Action of Lacidipine
By blocking the voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels, it prevents the transmembrane calcium influx. Normally, calcium ions serve as intracellular messengers or activators in excitable cells including vascular smooth muscles. The influx of calcium ultimately causes the excitation and depolarization of the tissues. Lacidipine inhibits the contractile function in the vascular smooth muscle and reduce blood pressure. Due to its high membrane partition coefficient, some studies suggest that lacidipine may reach the receptor via a two-step process; it first binds and accumulates in the membrane lipid bilayer and then diffuses within the membrane to the calcium channel receptor. It is proposed that lacidipine preferentially blocks the inactivated state of the calcium channel. Through its antioxidant properties shared amongst other dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, lacidipine demonstrates an additional clinical benefit. Its antiatherosclerotic effects are mediated by suppressing the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and subsequent inflammatory actions by chemokines, cytokines and adhesion molecules, thus reducing atherosclerotic lesion formation. Lacidipine may also suppress cell proliferation and migration in smooth muscle cells and suppress the expression of matrix metalloproteinases, which affects the stability of atheromatous plaques
Indications of Lacidipine
Angina pectoris prophylaxis
Raynaud's Syndrome
Also for the treatment of hypertension either alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, including β-adrenoceptor antagonists, diuretics, and ACE-inhibitors
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Contra-Indications of Lacidipine
The acute syndrome of the heart
Severe narrowing of the aortic heart valve
Severe heart failure
Kidney disease with the reduction in kidney function
Fluid Retention in the Legs, arms or hands
Blood Circulation Failure due to Serious Heart Condition
Chronic idiopathic constipation
Stomach or intestine blockage
Narrowing of the intestines
Decreased motility function of the stomach or intestines
Dosage of Lacidipine
Strengths: 2 mg, 4 mg, 6 mg
The recommended initial dose is 2 mg once daily.
The dose may be increased to 4 mg (and then, if necessary, to 6 mg) after adequate time has been allowed for the full pharmacological effect to occur. In practice, this should not be less than 3 to 4 weeks.
Daily doses above 6 mg have not been shown to be significantly more effective.
Side Effects of Lacidipine
a severe headache, rapid heartbeat, stiffness in your neck,
chest pain, fast or slow heart rate;
swelling, rapid weight gain;
Xerostomia (dry mouth)
Skin reactions
Weight gain/loss
More common
Abdominal or stomach pain, discomfort, or tenderness
chills or fever
difficulty with moving
a headache, severe and throbbing
joint or back pain
muscle aching or cramping
muscle pains or stiffness
chest pressure or squeezing pain in the chest
discomfort in arms, shoulders, neck or upper back
feeling of heaviness, pain, warmth and/or swelling in a leg or in the pelvis
sudden tingling or coldness in an arm or leg
sudden slow or difficult speech
sudden drowsiness or need to sleep
fast breathing
sharp pain when taking a deep breath
rust colored urine
decreased amount of urine
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change in vision
a cough
extra heartbeats
mood or mental changes
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Drug Interactions of Lacidipine
Lacidipine may interact with the following drugs, supplements, & may change the efficacy of the drug
alpha blockers (e.g., alfuzosin, doxazosin, tamsulosin)
alpha agonists (e.g., clonidine, methyldopa)
angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs; e.g., candesartan, losartan)
antidiabetes medications (e.g., insulin, metformin, glyburide)
atypical antipsychotics (e.g., clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone)
barbiturates (e.g., butalbital, pentobarbital phenobarbital)
beta-adrenergic blockers (e.g., atenolol, propranolol, sotalol)
"azole" antifungals (e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole)
canagliflozin
calcium supplements (e.g., calcium carbonate, calcium citrate)
"gliptin" diabetes medications (e.g., linagliptin, saxagliptin, sitagliptin)
guanfacine
levodopa
medications that increase potassium levels (e.g., potassium supplements, spironolactone, amiloride, and salt substitutes containing potassium)
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; e.g., ibuprofen, indomethacin, naproxen)
other angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs; e.g., captopril, ramipril)
pentoxifylline
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs; e.g., moclobemide, phenelzine, rasagiline,selegiline, tranylcypromine)
phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (e.g., sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil)
FDA Pregnancy Category C
This medication should not be taken by women who are or may become pregnant, as may lacidipine cause harm to the developing baby if it is taken by the mother during pregnancy. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately.
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This medication should not be taken by women who are breastfeeding. Milk transfer studies in animals have shown that lacidipine (or its metabolites) are likely to be excreted into breast milk. Lacidipine should only be used during lactation when the potential benefits for the mother outweigh the possibility of adverse effects in the fetus or neonate. The safety and effectiveness of using this medication have not been established for children.
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I was at the 3rd Annual Grid Modernization Forum in Chicago in May and was a panelist on the "Keys to Financing Microgrids" session chaired by Matan Metial of S&C. Other panelist included Mark Everette of MWE Consulting and Patrick Norton of Javelin Capital.
S – Safe Haven: Places where power is maintained during emergency conditions and where people can access resources.
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How To Make A Sri Lankan Egg Hopper
Tiffany February 25, 2016
The Sri Lankan specialty known as hopper is like a rice and coconut crepe.
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1601 Bar & Kitchen is the only Sri Lankan culinary destination in the Bay Area, and since opening a few years back, it has earned critical acclaim and a devoted following. The restaurant is owned and run by chef Brian Fernando, with offerings that spotlight the flavors that helped to shape his palate as a child (his father is Sri Lankan). The result of this is a truly personalized cuisine, where time-honored family dishes live alongside more traditional preparations and street-food throwbacks, like the egg hopper. Hoppers are considered a staple of Sri Lankan cuisine and can come in many forms. 1601 Bar & Kitchen specializes in an egg hopper, which is much like a savory crepe with a soft boiled egg in the middle. It's served with caramelized onions, toasted coconut meat and Sri Lankan spices, and diners are encouraged to eat it like a taco.
The batter is rather simple but, unfortunately, useless without a proper hopper pan. We get ours directly from Sri Lanka, but they are also available online.
Prep Time: 20 minutes plus batter proofing time
Level of Difficulty: Easy
DF Dairy Free
2	cups	rice flour
1/2	cup	granulated sugar
1 1/2	cups	coconut milk
3/4	cup	water
1	tablespoon	dry active yeast
1 1/2	teaspoons	warm water
1	teaspoon	sugar
3/4	cup	cooked basmati rice
For the	egg hopper
Combine the first four ingredients (flour, sugar, coconut milk and water) in a large mixing bowl and set aside. In a separate container, proof the yeast in the warm-water sugar mixture until it triples in volume, about 10 minutes.
Blend the rice and remaining coconut milk in a commercial blender at high speed to form a thick paste. Combine the yeast mixture and contents from the blender with the other ingredients. Using a whisk, stir until no lumps of flour remain. Place in an oven with the pilot light on for about three hours. The mixture should double in size.
Heat hopper pan over medium-high heat. Swirl batter in the pan and crack an egg in the middle. Cover and let cook for 2 or 3 minutes. Loosen hopper with a knife and serve.
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Q: Passing scalars and array elements to a procedure expecting an array I have some legacy Fortran 77 code which I'm trying to at least compile without warnings (without disabling warnings). There are subroutine calls that pass a scalar where subroutine expects an array, since the scalar is used as a size-1 array, this causes no problems. But with the Intel compiler, if I enable interface warnings I get this error:
error #8284: If the actual argument is scalar, the dummy argument shall be scalar unless the actual argument is of type character or is an element of an array that is not assumed shape, pointer, or polymorphic.

In some cases, I've tried to solve this by overloading the subroutine with array and scalar variants, but then I face a problem when the argument passed is an "an element of an array", which is detected as a scalar. Consider the following sample (tested with gfortran):
program a
  integer n,dum(3)
  interface readn
    subroutine readn_s(n,m)
      integer m,n
    end subroutine
    subroutine readn_a(n,m)
      integer m,n(*)
    end subroutine
  end interface
  call readn(n,1)
  write(6,*) 'n=',n
  call readn(dum,3)
  write(6,*) 'dum=',dum
  call readn(dum(2),2)
  write(6,*) 'dum=',dum
end program

subroutine readn_s(n,m)
  integer i,m,n
  n=2
end subroutine

subroutine readn_a(n,m)
  integer i,m,n(*)
  do i=1,m
    n(i)=1
  end do
end subroutine

The readn(dum,3) call correctly uses readn_a, while the second one uses readn_s. The intended behaviour is that both should use readn_a. Indeed, if I replace both calls with readn_a everything is as expected.
Is it possible to have this working properly and use the "array" version of the overloaded routine when the actual argument is an array element? I've found out it works if I call the subroutine with readn(dum(2:),2), but I'm afraid that creates a temporary copy of the array...
Original problem:
file.f90
program a
  integer n,dum(3)
  call readn_a(n,1)
  write(6,*) 'n=',n
  call readn_a(dum,3)
  write(6,*) 'dum=',dum
  dum=3
  call readn_a(dum(2),2)
  write(6,*) 'dum=',dum
end program

file2.f90
subroutine readn_a(n,m)
  integer i,m,n(*)
  do i=1,m
    n(i)=1
  end do
end subroutine

Compile with gfortran -Wall file.f90 file2.f90 or ifort file.f90 file2.f90, all is fine and the output is the intended:
 n=           1
 dum=           1           1           1
 dum=           3           1           1

Compile with ifort -warn all file.f90 file2.f90 and I get the error #8284 above. So that's why I wanted a version of the subroutine that would work with scalars or arrays... but would give the array version with an array element.

A: In your attempted solution the type-kind-rank generic resolution will delegate all array elements to the scalar version of the subroutine and that will not do the intended work on the part of the array. So "The intended behaviour is that both should use readn_a." is not really possible with the approach you chose.
Well, it is possible when you rewrite the code to pass array sections as you noted yourself. But we are again at the same problem as we were before, you example is simplified. We can be certain there there is no temporary array in the example you have shown, we definitely can't say that about your real code. If you use some 2D subsections starting at some random place, you will have temporary arrays for sure and it might be difficult to make the correct subsection at all.
The original warning should be reasonably easy to avoid in your original legacy code. FORTRAN 77 has no non-contiguous arrays so if you keep your arguments to be integer :: a(*) instead of integer :: a and pass that further. If your original variable is scalar, that is a problem.

The problem is that an integer scalar does not constitute an element sequence:

F2008 12.5.2.11 1 An actual argument represents an element sequence if
  it is an array expression, an array element designator, a default
  character scalar, or a scalar of type character with the C character
  kind (15.2.2). ...

An array element designator a(2) is an element sequence but the scalar n is not.
So it is not allowed for sequence association which is used when an array element is passed:

F2008 12.5.2.11 4 An actual argument that represents an element
  sequence and corresponds to a dummy argument that is an array is
  sequence associated with the dummy argument if the dummy argument is
  an explicit-shape or assumed-size array. ...

Your code is not strictly standard Fortran conforming, but very likely to work as expected if you manage to compile it.

Possible solutions:

*

*You can pass the argument as an array expression, but the argument may not be modified inside the subroutine
call readn_a([n],1)

*You can just disable the warnings about interface matching
ifort -warn nointerfaces

*You can create separate subroutines which only work for scalars and call it under some different name.

*You can also disable argument checking for that dummy argument by an Intel Compiler directive
!DEC$ ATTRIBUTES NO_ARG_CHECK :: dummy-arg-name

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Lucie Deltour (aussi connue comme Lucie Moresco), née à Liège le 22 avril 1912 et décédée à Tontelange le 23 avril 1991, est une avocate et juge belge. En 1977, elle devient la première femme à être nommée chef de corps dans la magistrature belge.

Biographie
Née à Liège le 22 avril 1912, Lucie Deltour est d'origine modeste. Son frère souffrant d'un handicap, les espoirs familiaux se reportent sur elle. Elle effectue sa scolarité au lycée de Waha . Après avoir décroché un diplôme de docteure en droit à l'université de Liège en 1935, elle obtient une licence en notariat bien que la profession ne soit pas encore ouverte aux femmes (à partir de 1950).

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle épouse un réfugié roumain, Moresco, mais ce dernier repart en Roumanie dès le conflit terminé et la laisse seule avec leurs deux petites filles.

Sa carrière juridique démarre à Liège et se poursuit à Bruxelles et enfin à Arlon.

Elle décède à Tontelange le 23 avril 1991.

Carrière juridique
La carrière juridique de Lucie Deltour débute en 1935 avec son entrée au barreau de Liège en tant qu'avocate.

À la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle devient secrétaire d'administration à Bruxelles : après l'Office national de coordination des allocations familiales, elle rejoint l'Office national des pensions pour ouvriers puis l'Office national pour l'emploi et le chômage.

Le 17 avril 1957, elle quitte Bruxelles et son poste de fonctionnaire pour siéger comme juge au tribunal de première instance d'Arlon. En septembre de la même année, elle devient juge des enfants. Elle poursuit sa carrière en tant que juge de la jeunesse (dès septembre 1966). En novembre 1975, elle est nommée vice-présidente du tribunal.

Enfin, en février 1977, Lucie Deltour accède à la présidence du tribunal d'Arlon. Première femme à être nommée chef de corps dans la magistrature belge, elle occupera ce poste jusqu'à sa mise à la retraite (le 22 avril 1982).

Elle est également membre de l'Union nationale des magistrats et de l'Union internationale des magistrats.

Engagement

En Résistance
Au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle entre dans la résistance et participe à la presse clandestine. Elle reçoit plusieurs médailles et distinctions pour son engagement.

En tant que femme
En plus d'être la première femme à être nommée chef de corps dans la magistrature belge, Lucie Deltour est membre de l'Association belge des femmes juristes (fondée en 1956) et de la Fédération belge des femmes diplômées des universités.

Sur la place des femmes en magistrature, elle constate : Après la guerre, on prenait prétexte des lois sur la milice pour écarter les femmes de la magistrature. On disait aussi qu'elles risquaient de devoir s'absenter des séances pour allaiter... Depuis, on s'est rendu compte que la fonction n'était pas exercée différemment par une femme que par un homme.

Distinctions
Lucie Deltour a reçu plusieurs médailles et distinctions :

 médaille de la résistance
médaille commémorative de la guerre 1940-1945 avec sabres croisés
 médaille civique de  classe
 commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne
 officier de l'Ordre de Léopold

Toponymie
Sur le site du Sart Tilman (Université de Liège), une rue porte le nom de « rue Lucie Deltour ».

Références

Magistrat belge du XXe siècle


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Let me start off with purchasing any drone you should take your time and do your research. I spent over a month researching both Yuneec and DJI to review their products relative to my needs and I choose the Yuneec Typhoon H Pro and here is why. Research - While product reviews give a wealth of information I also wanted to connect with people who were currently using the H Pro and get some feedback. Having done some research I found forums for both the Typhoon H Pro and the DJI Inspire. There I was able to connect with both communities and get a real understanding of what the products really had to offer, their successes, and some of their short comings. During my time reviewing the Typhoon H Pro I wanted to make sure the company also stood behind its product. Having called DJI support multiple times with a list of questions I never seemed to get a straight answer. I did the same with Yuneec's customer support (which I didn't have to sit on hold, they called me back) and answered all of my questions throughly. This reinforced what I had read in the forums, that their support was nothing less than top notch. Of the list of needs and what I was looking for this was the deciding factor in why I chose the Typhoon H Pro over the Inspire 1 v2. The Product Build & Quality - The Typhoon H Pro really is a comprehensive package. It's a stand alone system that doesn't require me to attach my phone or tablet to it to fly. From what I read with DJI's Inspire it's recommended you use a cellular connected device. So I would need to get a tablet (I like larger screens), add it to my data plan, and this adds to my overall cost. Build quality is evident when you open up the backpack for the H Pro. Its light but you can see it's built to a very high standard. The controller is heavy, large, and very complex but has everything within one system I don't find it awkward to hold or unbalanced. The additional packaged charger (Includes a 12V car charger), cables, SD card (does have an SD card), and two batteries all fit well into the backpack of the H Pro and will keep your gear organized. Flight & Video- Note: Make sure you update the firmware on the Typhoon before your first flight if the firmware if older, double check their website for the latest releases. There wasn't anything in the packaging to suggest to do that, like a "STOP Update your Firmware". The H Pro flies like a dream but take it SLOW on your first flight. The documentation out there isn't the best but the forums and research really set me up to understand what to expect and how to fly the drone. The first flight I had was a windy day with steady wind over 20mph and it's incredibly stable. I recommend taking each flight and breaking down 2 settings or controls to perfect because of the learning curve with the controller. Video footage is remarkable, it really did a great job. There are a tremendous amount of video settings but make sure you configure your settings for that particular flight, white balance etc. Tip: when you peel off the sticker on the camera lens make sure you use a microfiber cloth to clean it off. Unless you look closely in a glare there is a smudge or residue from that sticker on there after you peel it off. Closing - The Typhoon H Pro really is a fantastic product and I can see where they built it to expand future camera systems. Yuneec has done a great job really focusing on the hardware and has brought the software in line to continually perfect the H Pro. Lastly my only advise is to take it slow there is a lot to learn. It's a complex system but It's well supported and has a great community surrounding it.
High Quality. Attention to Detail. ALL IN ONE!
I have several camera "drones" from different brands but this one is a favorite. It is large enough to feel and look "solid" in the air, but it also portable enough with its folding "arms" to easily transport anywhere. I keep it in the back seat with the propellers on and ready-to-go when i drive from location to location. On your first flight you will definitely feel the power of the 6-motor design. As soon as you turn it on, it just defies gravity! It is also very responsive and agile in the "fast/rabbit" mode, but very smooth in the "slow/turtle" mode. The radio of the "H" is certainly a step up from anything else you may have tried before. The screen is built-in and it doubles as a tablet when not flying the "H". I use it to review my footage after the flight! Another thing to mention is that the "Watch Me" and "Follow Me" modes in the "H" work in my experience better than any other "drone" i have tried. The "H" camera will point to you and the "drone" will follow you around effortlessly. Also, with the Real-Sense technology by Intel, it will even avoid obstacles on its way. It was scary, but i tried this and it works (even has an audible alarm when you get too close and the on-screen display will show you the distance from the obstacles in 0.2m increments). Then, you also have the Wizard, it is pretty simple to use and if you want the "H" to follow someone else (instead of the r/c), you just give them the Wizard and you can control the camera (this is what they call the "team mode"). But beyond all these advanced technology and features in the "H", it can also be a very user-friendly "drone". I regularly give mine to people that have never flown a "drone" before and they are always surprised at how easy and stable it is! Just press the red "start" button for 3 seconds, and the left-stick up and you are airborne. I use the "smart mode" for people without RC experience that always keep the same orientation regardless of where the camera is pointing and they never have a problem with it. Right is always right, and left is always left. Let go the sticks and it just stops and hovers in place (GPS accuracy is very good too). About the camera, it is 12MP & 4k and the video from it is very well stabilized and sharp. Stills and video both look great. I use a 4k monitor for video editing and the footage from this camera is sharp (even too sharp - if there is such a thing). If you plan to record at 120fps, then you will need a very fast SD memory card or frames might be dropped (use at least 85MBps cards). I usually like 4k@30fps and use ND filters. Low light performance is good, considering the size of the sensor. You certainly can film after sunset, no problem, and it even has a "night" mode that actually works well. I have noticed that, depending where the light comes from, the video can be a bit overexposed, so i recommend using a -0.5 to -1 exposure override (it is very easy to set). Camera and video controls are very user-friendly and if you are beginner, just set everything to auto and it will do just fine. If you are an advanced user, there are enough controls to let you adjust the settings to your liking as well. The camera gimbal can also rotate 360 degrees, and since the landing gear is retractable, it will never get in the way. Finally, to keep this short, this package comes with everything you need to fly, and then some. Two batteries, a wall charger, a car charger, the wizard, all cables you need, even an SD card, and of course the screen is built-in so you do not need to have an extra tablet with you. Everything fits in the backpack - so you can transport this anywhere you go. P.S. I had the Q500 before i upgraded to the "H" and i also have a Yuneec Breeze now and NEVER had an issue with any Yuneec products or batteries! Also, i believe that Yuneec has good customer support and after all, they are located in California! Overall, i highly recommend this "H" if you are looking for a quality built multi-rotor.
I usually do not write reviews or trust products outside of DJI. I have owned everything from DJI Phantom FC40 to the Inspire to the Matrice. I decided to take a chance on the Yuneec Typhoon H. I am happy to say I am extremely satisfied. The platform and remote are far more "advanced" than the DJI RTF setups. Yes DJI are clean and cutting edge, but the remote always felt like a toy to me. The ST-16 (comes with the Typhoon), feels like a high end remote that I purchased to bind with the Typhoon. It feels like it shouldn't belong with it. Anyways, full customizable and battery life is around 3-flights per charge, with chimping in between The Typhoon H itself is an amazing machine. The Intel sense works wonders and does actually avoid obstacles during follow me modes etc. No issues, but I will never fully rely on any obstacle sensor, so I always fly safe. I have not discovered the full flight time as of yet. I usually fly and get the shots I need, land and move on to the next battery. I haven't flown to the 2nd critical battery level, let alone the first. The machine is a beast. I switched off GPS and I was able to reach speeds in excess of 52mph. May have caught the wind draft just right. Flying in wind or gusts is literally a breeze.. Holds its position better than any quad I have owned. And even quieter than any quad I've owned. The gimbal is steady even in high winds/gusts. Quality is mediocre but decent enough if you have plenty of light. Haven't experimented with low light yet. Have experienced ZERO horizon drift!!! I have had this issue with every DJI quad I have owned, except with the Phantom FC40 with GoPro and 3rd party gimbal. The Wizard remote is something dreams are made of. I do not want to spoil the excitement using this controller type. Get ready for a whole new level of control and portability. I highly recommend this hexa-copter. Coming from several DJI setups, I feel even more confident with my Typhoon H. Do not hesitate to pick this machine up!!!!
I have flown many drones over the past four years, and I am now a professional, FAA 107 licensed drone operator. I have over 1000 hours of flight time flying drones, and I have flown and researched nearly every drone on the market. I have flown drones for Hollywood feature films, and I've worked with Emmy Nominated Director/Writer Andrew P Jones, working side-by-side with him to capture exactly what he needed. I have flown drones manufactured by many different companies, and I can say without hesitation that DJI produces the best drones on the market. They manufacture drones that cost over $12,000, and they've put more money and time into research and development than any other company in the world. Their consumer drones have the same, superior quality as their professional drones. The Yuneec Typhoon H is a decent drone for beginners, and it performs according to its specifications. Its camera is 4K, but you must take into account the size of the imaging sensor. Yes, it has a resolution of 4K, but since the imaging sensor is so small, it struggles to produce a quality image in low light. The Yuneec doesn't have a mechanical shutter, and its optics and imaging chip don't come close to the size and quality of the DJI Phantom 4 Pro. Also, compare the bit rate at which the two drones record footage. Yuneec doesn't come close to the P4P. The Yuneec's movements are fluid, but no where close to the fluidity of the DJI Phantom 4 Pro. The Yuneec drone has a range of less than 1 mile, which means its signal output is much weaker than the P4P. This means that when you are filming in areas with many obstacles nearby, the range is easily cut in half. You will be highly disappointed with this range once you start getting comfortable operating the drone. The Phantom 4 Pro has a range of over 4.3 miles, and it transmits using the 2.4 GHz spectrum as well as the 5.8 GHz, which helps eliminate interference, giving you the full 4+ mile range. The sensors on the Phantom 4 Pro (P4P) are much more advanced, as they can detect obstacles from 90 feet away, even when travelling at high speeds. It detects obstacles in 5 directions and prevents accidental collisions. The battery life of the P4P is rated at 30 minutes (depending on conditions), and the camera on the P4P is far superior to the Yuneec. The P4P has a 1-inch 20MP Exmor R CMOS sensor, which is typically only found on drones that cost thousands of dollars more. As a professional drone operator, I cannot recommend spending $1500 on a Yuneec Typhoon H, when you can purchase a DJI Phantom 4 Pro for the same price. DJI manufacturers a majority (80%) of the drones that are used to film Hollywood movies. DJI quality is superior to any other drone manufacturer. If you want to purchase a "toy", buy the Yuneec, but if you want a drone that is manufactured by the industry leader which is capable of producing professional quality footage, DJI is the only brand that should be considered. I'm not compensated in any way for writing this review. I have no affiliation with DJI, I just simply can't stand to see someone spend their money on an inferior product. I have built drones, repaired drones, and flown over 1000 hours, so I know just about everything there is to know about consumer drones. Please take a moment to check out the Phantom 4 Pro website at: https://store.dji.com/product/phantom-4-pro?from=menu_products Research every aspect of the drone, then compare it to the specifications of the Yuneec Typhoon H. There's no comparison. Also, I recommend going to YouTube and looking up Phantom 4 Pro footage (preferably videos shot by professionals), then look up the footage shot by the Yuneec Typhoon H. Again, no comparison. This is a substantial investment for many people, so take a little time and do your research. Why not buy a professional grade drone instead of spending your money on a toy? Take my advise for what it's worth, but I've been in the drone industry for years, and professional cinematographers only use DJI. The difference between the two is literally night and day. Please, please do your research, and you will find that the Yuneec cannot come close to the quality and performance of the DJI Phantom 4 Pro.
Beautiful product thats put together very well. When it works, its a joy to fly. That being said..... Been flying quads for a while now, mostly 250's. This one is plagued with erratic behavior. 4 times now in a area I frequent, drone has went haywire with non responsive controls and moving on its own. 2 times I was able to physically catch it, twice it just dropped. Once from 10' with landing gear up, once from 2' with landing gear down. 10' drop cost me 3 arms ($60 each, complete camera and gimbal $500, 1 landing gear servo $40 and 3 retaining clips $2 each) 2' drop cost me a landing gear servo and 2 clips, had to reattach 1 arm. You will get warning signs when it starts to go on its own, it might drift more than normal,controls will seem goofy or altitude will be off. Land and reboot, works fine after that. Best guess I have so far is a gps boot error on start up, even though it says gps signal is strong. Every time it happened it was from launch, never happened in mid flight. Camera also has a 1 second delay from drone, kind of annoying when lining up for still shots. Batteries take 2.5 hours to charge on yuneec charger, bought 2 adapters I can run off a normal charger, dropped times down to a hour. Things I like about this copter are the ease of use, case works well. Remote is beautiful and relaxing to use. Props go on and off very easily. Camera takes beautiful pictures. Can view pictures from copter on remote screen without moving the card over. Orientation lights are easy to see. Home function works well if you know what its going to do based on your altitude. I really wanted to love this product, but my confidence level is shot with this one. I'm a little over $2800 in on a $1800 copter. I should have waited and researched issues with this unit better, before I bought it.
Dove in a lake with no warning!
Had the Typhoon H Pro for 2 months. Read every document, watched every YouTube video before ever taking it out. a couple of weeks ago I downloaded the newest update which allows WiFi automatic updates. I calibrated it, flew it a few times with no issues. I fully charged the batteries before taking it out last week. This is when the problems started. Short five minute flight, uneventful. Shut it off, changed locations. Sent it up, didn't get more than ten feet up and it started shuttering. I could not control it at all. Landing gear was down but would not come back. It was flying erratically until it flew at a 45 degree angle into the lake. Called tech support and per their request, sent the telemetry data into Yuneec and explained what happened. After a week of no response from them, called them back. I was placed on hold for about 4-5 minutes. When the customer service rep came back on line she said while I was on hold they reviewed the telemetry data and it showed that the battery was seriously low and that was why it wouldn't respond to the controller. She further stated that the telemetry data shows everything they needed and that they would offer a new one at a discount but as far as they were concerned there was no glitch in the new software or any other failure they wanted to explore. I explained that the battery was almost fully charged and there was no light code showing up on the H Pro nor a low battery indication on the T16 controller. Her response was to repeat that the telemetry data showed seriously low battery. I spent over $2,000 total for a drone that wouldn't indicate that the battery is low after just 5 minutes of use, (if that was actually the cause). It wouldn't respond to the controller let alone land. Thus I have no interest in purchasing another Yuneec product. In my opinion, they are not reliable enough to make this kind of investment in. Hopefully my review will help you make a better product decision than I did.
I spent over a month reviewing camera drones and was almost set on the DJI Phantom 4. After setting aside the marketing from the drone companies themselves and studying you tube posts, I was confident in purchasing the Typhoon H Pro. The drone itself is really well made with figment and materials. Some have posted negatively about the thin upper shell of the drone, but it is cast very well ... no problem there. I will say to make sure the rear of the battery has NO space between it and the rear of the drone when pushed in. A power loss due to a poor connection is not an option with a drone at this price point. The panning of the camera, independent of the drone's flight path is great, as you can swing the camera while doing fly bys without landing gear getting into the shot. The flight time on the battery is pretty accurate to what Yuneec claims as long as you are not flooring it the whole flight. Transmission distance is not as great as the Phantom 4 claims for its bird. I still managed to get about a half mile of trans through hills and trees. I would like to see what it can do unobstructed or with some aftermarket antennas. Follow me, watch me is great as you cannot shake the drone. It has a GPS bead on you whether you have the wizard or controller. The obstacle avoidance works well in the open with random hazards, but I would like to give it more of a challenge in the future. I am still working through functions and presets, but this bird is cracked up to what they claim it is. The camera is stable and smooth even in windy conditions. The picture is great. I love the android tablet being built into the controller. Although I have an iPhone and iPad, the iPhone screen seems too small to work with, and my kids usually have the iPad's battery drained before I would be able to think about using it ... so the controller is a plus for me. Two thumbs up for the first couple of weeks.
After much research on higher end prosumer drones, I opted for the Typhoon H Pro over the DJI Mavic Pro and Phantom 4. I'm a novice when it comes to operating/controlling drones. We had a few low end consumer drones that usually ended up in a tree, or on a roof or vanished into the lord knows where. We wanted a drone that we could use for action sports (skiing, ATV's, hunting, water sports, etc) that would give us a much better result than the GoPros we have been using as of late. Let's first talk about the remote, the unit included with this drone is legendary. It makes controlling all the functions on the drone intuitive and you do not have to utilize your phone or tablet, which is a HUGE positive. I find the range, especially on the video feed to be lacking, but there are aftermarket solutions to increase remote range. The picture/video quality is phenomenal, provided you have enough light. The gimbal is fantastic, it works as it should and i've flown the drone at 1300ft in 25-30MPH gusts with a rock solid and more importantly, stable video feed. Quality, this is the question mark. After 10 days of ownership and nearly 30 hrs of light time I had an engine failure right on take off. One of the motors literally when up in a ball of smoke and then the drone took a less than graceful landing which resulted in a broken prop. More importantly I was also left with a drone that was no longer functional Best Buy was awesome however and quickly replaced it with very little questions asked. That being the case, I am unsure about the over all longevity of the drone, but it is an electronic device and all electronic devices are prone to failures. I have yet to use the Wizard remote so I can not comment on its functionality. Overall, this is a fantastic drone for those that aren't overly worried about carting along a large piece of equipment. If travel space is at a premium, look at the DJI Mavic Pro, if you have the space and want a drone that is arguable equipped with a much better gimbal, this is your choice. (the size and LED lights un the underside makes navigating it much easier as well).


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Q: class cannot be instantiated Решил доработать старый проект ,под новые версии android 7,8.
Проект открыл в android studio 3.0 - подстроил проект под android studio 3.0 ,проект собирается и компилируется без ошибок,но когда запускаю apk файл на устройстве.
В лог пишется вот эта ошибка :

01 - 12 01: 47: 22.910 1811 - 1811 / ? E / AndroidRuntime : FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.android.locktest.lockscreen, PID: 1811
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo {
  com.android.locktest.lockscreen / com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity
}: java.lang.InstantiationException: class com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity cannot be instantiated
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2209)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java: 144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java: 1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java: 102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java: 135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java: 5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java: 372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java: 899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java: 694)
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: class com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity cannot be instantiated
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java: 1553)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java: 1065)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2199)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java: 144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java: 1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java: 102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java: 135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java: 5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java: 372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java: 899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java: 694)
01 - 12 01: 57: 49.896 2089 - 2089 / com.android.locktest.lockscreen E / AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.android.locktest.lockscreen, PID: 2089
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo {
  com.android.locktest.lockscreen / com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity
}: java.lang.InstantiationException: class com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity cannot be instantiated
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2209)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java: 144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java: 1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java: 102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java: 135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java: 5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java: 372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java: 899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java: 694)
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: class com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity cannot be instantiated
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java: 1553)
at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java: 1065)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2199)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java: 2360)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java: 144)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java: 1278)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java: 102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java: 135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java: 5221)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java: 372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java: 899)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java: 694)

Я так понимаю ошибка кроется тут ,но как исправить не знаю.

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo {
  com.android.locktest.lockscreen / com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity
}: java.lang.InstantiationException: class com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity cannot be instantiated

Вот манифест :

<< ? xml version = "1.0"
encoding = "utf-8" ? >
  <
  manifest xmlns : android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns: tools = "http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package = "com.android.locktest.lockscreen"
tools: ignore = "ExtraText" >

  <
  uses - permission android: name = "android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD" / >
  <
  uses - permission android: name = "android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" / >
  <
  uses - permission android: name = "android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" / >
  <
  uses - permission android: name = "android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" / >
  <
  uses - permission android: name = "android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW" / >

  <
  application

android: label = "@string/app_name"
android: name = "android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication" >

  <
  activity android: name = "com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockScreenActivity"
android: excludeFromRecents = "true"
android: label = "@string/app_name"
android: launchMode = "singleTask"
android: screenOrientation = "portrait"
android: theme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" >
  <
  intent - filter >
  <
  action android: name = "android.intent.action.MAIN" / >
  <
  category android: name = "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" / >
  <
  /intent-filter> <
  /activity> <
  service
android: name = "com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockscreenService" / >

  <
  receiver android: name = "com.screen.locktest.lockscreen.LockscreenIntentReceiver" >

  <
  intent - filter >
  <
  action android: name = "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" / >
  <
  /intent-filter> <
  /receiver> <
  /application> <
  /manifest>

Вот файл build.Gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
  aaptOptions.cruncherEnabled = false
  aaptOptions.useNewCruncher = false
  compileSdkVersion 27
  buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'

  defaultConfig {
    multiDexEnabled true
    minSdkVersion 19
    targetSdkVersion 27

  }
  buildTypes {
    release {
      minifyEnabled false
      proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
  }

  compileOptions {
    targetCompatibility 1.8
    sourceCompatibility 1.8
  }
}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.2'
  implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2'
  implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
  testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
  androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
  androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'
}

Помогите пожалуйста.

A: В вопросе нет самого главного - кода самого Activity. Надо проверить как описаны классы. Например,  если по ошибке, в описании класса Activity добавить abstract перед class, то код будет нормально компилироваться и собираться, но при запуске данного Activity будет возникать эта ошибка.


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This Data Retention & Erasure Policy (External) relates specifically to Candidates, Referees, Client Contacts and Supplier Representatives (Data Subjects).
The policy is intended to ensure that A&s Contractors NW Ltd processes its business records in accordance with the personal data protection principles, in particular that:
Personal data must be collected only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. It must not be further processed in any manner incompatible with those purposes.
Personal data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed. When personal data is no longer needed for specified purposes, it is deleted or anonymised as provided by this policy.
Personal data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. It must be corrected or deleted without delay when inaccurate.
Personal Data must not be kept in an identifiable form for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data is processed.
Personal Data must be secured by appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing, and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
The Data Protection Manager (DPM) is responsible for overseeing this policy. Any questions about the operation of this policy should be submitted to the DPM.
Location of Business Records
Our business records are mainly stored within our CRM/database, We may also store relevant information:
- On our internal network in shared folders;
Keeping Information Up To Date
A&S Contractors NW Ltd needs to ensure that our business records are kept up to date and accurate. Our employees are trained to update Data Subjects' records whenever appropriate to ensure that (i) the data is up to date and (ii) all relevant employees are able to access and use such data for legitimate business purposes.
General Principles on Retention & Erasure
A&S Contractors NW Ltd approach to retaining business records is to ensure that it complies with the data protection principles referred to in this policy and, in particular, to ensure that:
Business records are regularly reviewed to ensure that they remain adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary to be used for the purpose for which they were recorded.
Business records are kept secure and are protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
When records are destroyed, whether held as paper records or in electronic format, A&S Contractors NW Ltd will ensure that they are safely and permanently erased.
Standard Retention & Erasure of Business Records
1. A&S Contractors NW Ltd standard data retention period is 7 years from the last date on which A&S Contractors NW Ltd was in actual contact with the relevant Data Subject. If more than 7 years have elapsed since the A&S Contractors NW Ltd was last in contact with the Data Subject (Expiry Date), A&S Contractors NW Ltd process is to delete the personal data relating to such Data Subject, subject to paragraph 2 below.
2. If the Data Subject is a Candidate who A&S Contractors NW Ltd has placed in a permanent or temporary role with a Client, A&S Contractors NW Ltd will usually retain the Candidate's personal data for a period of seven years from the date on which the Candidate was placed with the Client (Legal Retention Period). The reasons for the Legal Retention Period are:
a. That the usual contract limitation period is six years and A&S Contractors NW Ltd could be required to defend itself against a breach of contract claim at any time during the limitation period. Certain personal data may be subject to an extended limitation period of up to twelve years in total where the relevant agreement has been executed as a Deed.
b. It is a common provision in Client agreements that A&S Contractors NW Ltd must for a period of not less than six years retain complete records of the recruitment activities which were carried out in the course of performing the contract; and
c. Where A&S Contractors NW Ltd has placed the Candidate in a temporary role, A&S Contractors NW Ltd is required by HMRC to retain a full audit trail of payments and receipts in respect of such temporary supply for the remainder of the relevant financial year plus a further six years i.e. up to seven years in total.